FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

ALARIS PUMP MODULE ADMINISTRATION SET

MDR report key: 3063255 · Received March 27, 2013

Report

Report Number
9616066-2013-00222
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
March 27, 2013
Date of Event
March 6, 2013
Report Date
March 7, 2013
Manufacturer
CAREFUSION CORP
Product Code
FPA
PMA / PMN Number
K960280
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
FL, US
Reporter Occupation
NURSE

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE CUSTOMER'S REPORTED LEAK. THE SET WAS DISCARDED BECAUSE IT WAS CONTAMINATED. THE ROOT CAUSE OF THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE IDENTIFIED. A CAREFUSION REPRESENTATIVE VISITED THE CUSTOMER AND DETERMINED THE CUSTOMER WAS NOT TIGHTENING CONNECTIONS PRIOR TO PRIMING.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THE CUSTOMER REPORTED THE TUBING CAME APART AND LEAKED. THE PT WAS DRAPED FOR A ROBOTIC PROCEDURE WHEN THE EVENT OCCURRED. THE TUBING LEAKED AT THE JUNCTION NEAREST THE PT. THIS WAS A PT WITH A KNOWN BLOOD BORN DISEASE AND WHEN THE SET SEPARATED, BLOOD LEAKED OUT ONTO THE BEDDING (UNDER SURGICAL DRAPES). THE LEAKED BLOOD WENT UNNOTICED FOR A UNDEFINED PERIOD OF TIME. THERE WERE NO OTHER PT OR EVENT DETAILS PROVIDED. THERE WAS NO REPORT OF MEDICAL INTERVENTION OR HARM TO THE PT OR CAREGIVER.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
126638 ALARIS PUMP MODULE ADMINISTRATION SET FPA CAREFUSION CORP 11059729 UNK

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 UNK